Session Synopsis: Most IAM Members operate warehouses but may not have enough business to keep it filled throughout the year. Learn how to use this excess capacity to your advantage by diversifying into new business lines, which will serve to reduce unused warehouse space and increase profit

ILN Business Session - 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Come to this session to learn more about how IAM is trying to connect your companies with business. We will cover the specific topics below:

IAM's primary goal with the ILN is to connect our members with new sources of business. To accomplish this, IAM is launching the ILN Log Board where we will post business opportunities from different sources.

Instead of you having to go look for these opportunities, we will post them on the Log Board so you can review them and immediately bid on them.

Feel free to let us know if there are specific sources of business that we could post on here as well as if you have any questions about the ILN or the industry.

This tool provides you with the ability to easily search and browse for companies that can assist you with your various logistics projects. It is also open to the public and will thus serve as a connection point between you and non-ILN potential customers as well.

Once logged in, click on "Manage ILN Member Profile" to review and edit your profile. To edit your company profile, click on the icon to the left of "Preview Referral". To review your company profile, click on the "Preview Referral" link.

Since it is a new tool, we will be looking to improve it with your feedback. To provide feedback and recommendations, submit your comments on the ILN Social Cafe Community.

IAM members can receive daily industry news stories through an email subscription. Just enter your email on the IAM newsfeed webpage on the IAM website and have relevant news delivered to your inbox every day.

Highlight Your Company in The Portal Magazine

Have you completed a logistics project with another ILN member? Another IAM member?

Tell us about the project and we'll print it in an upcoming edition of The Portal Magazine providing your company with free promotion.

Contact Brian Limperopulos at brianl@iamovers.org if you are thinking about submitting an article.

ILN Community on IAM Social Cafe

Join Us on the IAM Social Café

ILN members can now email, post discussion threads and interface with each other in the ILN Community. Members can access and share archived versions of files. Igniting conversation is simple with the ability to share and attach documents directly within your community.

Learn more about the communities on the Social Cafe:

Reminder to Use ILN Logo

IAM encourages all ILN members to incorporate the Logistics Network's new logo into your marketing materials, business cards, and email signatures to show that you are logistics professionals. This logo design captures the international element of logistics through the incorporation of the globe, and the gears represent the diverse - and often interconnected - nature of the logistics sectors.

The logo's shape is reminiscent of a key, and the tagline, "The Key to Success in Logistics", spells out what we all strive for in the ILN.

The ILN aims to match up companies working in logistics across the globe. By expanding the network, we expand our ability to connect and partner for our customers. Do you know a colleague in logistics that is not part of the ILN? Forward this newsletter, invite them to join the ILN, and grow the network for even more worldwide capabilities.